Pixelmator 1.3.1 – Color Management Made Right

It has been a while since Pixelmator 1.3 Tempo was released. And it is doing amazingly well: your feedback about performance, features, and overall stability is excellent. It is probably the best rated major update we’ve ever done. Thank you!

Tempo 1.3 is history since we are releasing 1.3.1 today. Though 1.3.1 is mostly about bug fixes and minor improvements, it includes two new things for you: the very easy to use Color Management sheet and a very fresh Refine Selection tool with real-time preview. Definitely try the new tools right away and let us know what you think.

I hope you enjoy playing with the update and while you do that, I am going back to work on 1.4 Sprinkle, which is going to be wonderful.

Comments

Can someone explain to me the advantages of color profiling? I mean, I conceptually know what it means, making an image look the same regardless of what someone’s monitor is set to. But I don’t quite see all the hype.

Consider your target audience: The Pre-press Industry. Color profiling allows the embedded profile to consistently produce the same color spectrum you expect it to produce on the output device that isn’t your monitor.

I remember when I first started web design when my photoshop comp colors did not match the same background color in my CSS code. Then I discovered color profiles. It did drive me crazy for a little while. The Color Management tool is a great addition.

Color management is really important when working with images captured from digital cameras or other devices (scanners, etc). From my experience all digital cameras embed profile to the captured image. If you remove the profile without matching it your image may and usually will look completely different.

If you use your images mostly for web then color management isn’t that important, because as of today very few popular browsers actually support color management (Safari is one of them, Firefox announced support not long ago).

According to the color management theory image must always have a color profile embedded. This helps to preserve colors across different devices (usually displays, but printers are important too).

i must say i am thoroughly impressed with the pixelmator team. not only did they do an excellent job with releasing 1.3.1 in less than a month, they managed to respond to the PPC problems that arose out of said update … only a team with commitment and quality could pull this off, thank you!

One of the often overlooked features of the Color Picker is that you can actually choose color profile. Check this screenshot: http://www.pixelmator.com/support/cm.jpg . By default color picker uses Generic RGB profile, and when you draw or use the color in filter it will be automatically color managed to the assigned profile.

In your case even if you use web safe colors they are defined by Apple in Generic RGB profile.

I understand that this might be a little confusing for users who haven’t seen that option.

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